Foreign News: The War in Morocco

Roughly, the fourth meridian of longitude west from Greenwich cuts
across the territory of Abd-el-Krim,* from Alhucemas on the
Mediterranean to Kifane on the western war frontier. Roughly the
Spanish and the French decided last week to pinch together their
forces along this meridian; pinched and pinched until their armies
stood but 40 miles apart, with Ajdir, the capital of Abd-el-Krim
between them.

The Spanish forces advanced up the heights for about a mile and a third;
took Morro Viejo (400 ft. high), Malmussi (500 ft.) and Cuervas de
Xauen (1,800 ft.). The...